The orienteering European championships were held for the first time in 1962. After that there was another event in 1964. With the introduction of the world championships in 1966, European championships were no longer held. Only since 2000 have European championships been held every two years.
The official European Championship program is as follows:
sprint
medium
Long
Season
Sprint relay (since 2016)
Venues
Single / classic / long
Men's
year
gold
silver
bronze
Remarks
1962
Norway Magne Lystad
Sweden Bertil Norman
Sweden Sivar Nordström
16.5 km, 13 items
1964
Finland Erkki Kohvakka
Switzerland Alex brother-in-law
Finland Aimo Tepsell
15.0 km, 15 items
2000
Russia Valentin Novikov
Slovakia Marián Dávidík
Norway Bjørnar Valstad
2002
Switzerland Thomas Buehrer
Norway Bjørnar Valstad
Sweden Emil Wingstedt
12.4 km, 23 items
2004
Sweden Kalle Dalin
Finland Mats Haldin
Sweden Emil Wingstedt
14.5 km, 29 items
2006
Finland Jani Lakanen
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
Estonia Olle Kärner
16.21 km, 33 posts
2008
Russia Dmitri Zwetkow
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
Sweden Emil Wingstedt
16.9 km, 33 items
2010
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
France Philippe Adamski
Switzerland Fabian Hertner
17.1 km, 30 items
2012
Norway Olav Lundanes
Switzerland Matthias Merz
Russia Valentin Novikov
15.36 km
2014
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
Norway Olav Lundanes
Sweden Fredrik Johansson
20.3 km, 30 items
2016
Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
Norway Magne Dæhli
Sweden Martin Regborn
16.1 km, 23 items
2018
Norway Olav Lundanes
Switzerland Matthias Kyburz
Austria Gernot Kerschbaumer
14.9 km, 35 items
Ladies
year
gold
silver
bronze
Remarks
1962
Sweden Ulla Lindkvist
Norway Marit Økern
Sweden Emy Gauffin
7.5 km, 7 items
1964
Switzerland Margrit Thommen
Sweden Ann-Marie Wallsten
Sweden Ulla Lindkvist
8.1 km, 10 items
2000
Norway Hanne Staff
Switzerland Brigitte Wolf
United Kingdom Yvette Baker
2002
Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder
Norway Hanne Staff
Norway Birgitte Husebye
6.7 km, 17 items
2004
Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder
Sweden Emma Engstrand
Russia Tatiana Ryabkina
9.6 km, 21 items
2006
Switzerland Simone Niggli
Finland Heli Jukkola
Finland Minna Kauppi
10.93 km, 25 items
2008
Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken
Russia Tatiana Ryabkina
Sweden Emma Engstrand
11.0 km, 24 items
2010
Switzerland Simone Niggli
Czech Republic Dana Brožková
Sweden Helena Jansson
11.2 km, 26 items
2012
Switzerland Simone Niggli
Russia Tatiana Ryabkina
Finland Minna Kauppi
9.67 km
2014
Switzerland Judith Wyder
Russia Svetlana Mironova
United Kingdom Catherine Taylor
13.3 km, 23 items
2016
Sweden Tove Alexandersson
Norway Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg
Russia Svetlana Mironova
10.3 km, 15 items
2018
Sweden Tove Alexandersson
Russia Natalia Gemperle
Switzerland Julia Gross
11.2 km, 25 items
medium
Men's
Ladies
Short / sprint
Men's
Ladies
Season
Men's
Ladies
Sprint relay
Eternal medal table
Status after the European Championships 2018:
See also
Web links
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